Ecumenical Patriarch Nikolaos II

Ecumenical Patriarch Nikolaos II (928-996) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 984 to 996, succeeding Ecumenical Patriarch Antonios III and preceding Ecumenical Patriarch Sisinnios II.

Biography
Nikolaos was born in 928 to the House of Chrysoberges, and in 984 he became the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. During his reign, Nikolaos began the Christianization of the Rus in the Kievan Rus (present-day Ukraine and Russia), and he reigned until his death in 996.